On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:28:17 -0400 "Andrew J. Barr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/29/07, Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm on slow dialup. Downloads of iso's take days. Yet, I still want to > > be able to browse the internet. > > > > I would like to set up something like trickle that will run something > > but limit its bandwidth so that it lower's its priority. > > I think the QoS or traffic shaping features of the kernel may be able > to do what you want. I have issues similar to Doug's, and I have also wondered whether kernel based traffic shaping is what I need. Since we both use shorewall, which has an interface to the kernel's shaping capabilities, I suppose we ought to read shorewall-doc/html/traffic_shaping.htm > Andrew Barr Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
